Heritage with Speed.

Melges Boat Works, Inc. was founded by Harry C. Melges, Sr. in 1945.
He became an instant leader in Scow boat design, production and delivery
in the U.S., particularly in the Midwest. Harry, Sr. initially built
boats out of wood. The first boats produced were flat-bottomed row
boats, which provided a core business to keep his vision and the company
alive. It wasn't long before he branched into race boat production
delivering the best hulls, sails, spars, covers and accessories to ensure that
his customers stayed on the competitive cutting edge.

Melges (pronounced mel•gis), is one of the most reputable,
recognized and respected family names in the sailing industry. The devotion,
generosity, perseverance and passion that surround the name are undeniable.
The Melges name will forever be a legendary symbol of quality, excellence and experience
that is second-to-none.

Early on, Harry Sr.'s son, Harry "Buddy" Melges, Jr. was involved
in operating the family boat-building business. Over time, Buddy established an
impressive collection of championship titles and Olympic medals. During the 1964
Olympics, Buddy won a bronze medal in the Flying Dutchman and in 1968 won
a gold medal at the Pan Am Games. In 1972, he won a gold medal in the Soling in
Kiel, Germany — the Soling's official debut in Olympic competition. In the
years that followed, Buddy won more than 60 major national and international sailing
championships. They include: the Star in 1978 and 1979; 5.5 Metre in 1967,
1973 and 1983; International 50 Foot World Cup in 1989; Maxi in 1991 and the
National E Scows in 1965, 1969, 1978, 1979 and 1983. Buddy has won the
International Skeeter Ice Boat Championship a record seven times — 1955,
1957, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1980 and 2001. He was named Yachtsman of the Year in
1961, 1972 and 1983; and One Design Sailor of the Year in 1978 and 1979.

Buddy Melges is an internationally known and very well respected yachtsman. But
perhaps he is most recognized for his America’s Cup accomplishments. Among the 1987
America's Cup Challengers, he represented the Chicago Yacht Club at the helm of
Heart of America. He raced against Dennis Conner sailing Stars &
Stripes. Unfortunately, Buddy did not win. In the end, Conner described Buddy
as "one of the great sailors in the world."

In 1992, success for Melges was at an all-time high. The America’s Cup
Challenge donned a high-tech look and a high performance attitude. In a boat
designed in part by Reichel Pugh Yacht Design,
Buddy Melges captured the America's Cup title alongside Bill Koch. Their campaign
symbolized the last successful defense of the Cup by an American team.

The Melges 24
was designed by Reichel Pugh that same year in December. Shortly thereafter,
sail tests were conducted in the snow on Lake Geneva. The boat was formally introduced
to the market place in 1993. In 1994, it was named ‘Boat of the Year’ by
Sailing World Magazine. This incredible Sportboat takes advantage of
high-tech engineering advancements utilized at the America's Cup level. With the
development of the Melges 24, Melges set the standard in the high-performance
Sportboat category.

In 1996, Melges Sails, Inc. joined forces with the number one sailmaker in the world —
North Sails.
With Melges' already established sail loft of 28 years and North's commitment to making
sails that are faster, lighter and longer lasting, it was the perfect partnership as
they share a passion for racing and dedicate their work to helping customers maintain
a competitive advantage. Today, North Sails Zenda is one of the most active sail lofts
in the Midwest, servicing cruisers, day-sailors and racers alike.

Harry Melges, III proved that racing runs in the family when he won the 2002 Melges 24
World Championship in Travemunde, Germany. Harry became President of Melges Performance Sailboats
and North Sails Zenda in 1995. Under his leadership, the company has maintained a course of
progress that includes innovation and a deep passion for building the best boats and
distributing top-notch sails that meet and exceed the expectations of sailors everywhere.
Melges continued his campaign of growing the family sailboat-building business by acquiring
Johnson Boat Works' Scow Building Division. The acquisition made Melges the only builder of
high-performance Scows in the world.

In 2005, in addition to officially evolving the Melges Boat Works name to become
Melges Performance Sailboats and fully rebranding the
business' corporate identity, Melges joined forces once again with Reichel Pugh Yacht Design
and introduced two new products — the sporty
Melges 17™ Scow
and the impressive
Melges 32™ Sportboat.
Within six months, these brand new racing fleets celebrated their first national
championships. To this day, they maintain robust international regatta schedules.

In late October 2006, Melges appointed Northshore Yachting, trading as
Melges Asia Pacific,
to build the Melges 24 and distribute the Melges 32 in the Asia Pacific Rim. Some
nine months later, in May of 2007, Melges extended its global market reach once more
to Milan, Italy, with the founding of
Melges Europe
— an exclusive sales, service and distribution center for the Melges 32. Simultaneously,
Melges added more talent to the team with Federico Michetti as president.

The European sailing community was immediately attracted to the Melges 32 as a record-breaking
20 boats were sold in just five months. Adding to its growing success, the Melges 32 established its very successful Sailing Series — an intense racing series consisting of five events hosted at
some of Italy's most prestigious sailing venues and yacht clubs.

To further Melges Performance Sailboats' unwaivering campaign to further support and encourage
the sport of sailing on a worldwide scale, the development of the
Melges 20™
was announced in September of 2007. Destined to be another successful Melges/Reichel Pugh
venture, the Melges 20 championed a new philosophy that offered something to everyone —
pro, novice, young or old, male or female.

Considered the next generation in sophisticated sailing, the Melges 20 quickly gained International momentum and by 2012, became one of the most sought after sportboats in Europe, Canada and North America. Only three years after its official introduction to market, the Melges 20 boasted 40 boats at its world-championship calibre Gold Cup Regatta.

Furthering Melges' dedication to bringing more great racing to youth and junior sailors around the world, the Melges 14 was introduced in early 2015. The Melges 14 was named 2016 Boat of the Year — Best Dinghy by Sailing World Magazine.

In the spring of 2016, the Melges 40 was introduced — the very first canting keelboat ever offered by Melges. Unveiled in December of 2016, the super-star, top-of-the-line Melges 40 was soon thereafter named Keelboat of the Year by Yachts and Yachting Magazine. Competitive racing for the Melges 40 is scheduled to commence in March of 2017.

Mid-2017, Melges proudly partnered with the New York Yacht Club with the introduction of the Melges IC37 Class, the next generation of Corinthian competition.

Seven decades later Harry Melges, Sr.'s legacy still survives. The factory is still
family owned, operated and in the very same location. Innovation is the focus. Every
boat manufactured, from the ultra-modern fiberglass hulls to the technologically advanced sails
developed by North, a forward thinking approach supports each design ultimately making the boats
a smart buy, easy to rig, sail and trailer with a fun factor that is irresistible and addictive.
Melges' goal is to continue to build better boats, distribute the best sails in the world,
provide outstanding product support and service, and promote youth sailing programs while excelling
in the area of high-performance, one design sailboat engineering.